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Revista mexicana de medicina familiar
versión On-line ISSN 2696-1296versión impresa ISSN 2007-9710
Resumen
MURILLO-RUBIO, César I.; PEREZ-VEYNA, Juan J. y MERCADO-VILLA, Virginia. Prevalence of patelofemoral misalignment in patients with knee pain in first-time consultation. Rev. Mex. med. familiar [online]. 2023, vol.10, n.1, pp.24-29. Epub 22-Mayo-2023. ISSN 2696-1296. https://doi.org/10.24875/rmf.22000075.
Objective:
To determine the prevalence of patellofemoral misalignment in patients with knee pain in first-time consultation at Family Medicine Unit 73.
Material and methods:
A clinical, observational, descriptive, cross-sectional investigation was carried out in the period from November 2020 to August 2021.
Results:
The sample consisted of 100 patients with a diagnosis of knee osteoarthritis, observing that 72% were female, the most affected age group was 46 to 55 year-old, and 43% were overweight. Based on the Kujala questionnaire, 50% showed regular functionality. It was determined that the prevalence of patellofemoral misalignment was 55%, of this 55% the female sex is the most affected (43%), the most affected age group is between 46 and 50 years; in addition, patients with grade I obesity are the most affected.
Conclusions:
When performing the Merchant projection radiography, it is observed that a significant number of patients with gonalgia present patellofemoral misalignment, with this a timely second-level referral can be performed.
Palabras llave : Misalignment; Patellofemoral; Merchant.
